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Case Summaries

Based in San Jose, Needham Kepner & Fish LLP focuses on litigating a wide spectrum of civil cases, representing clients throughout the Bay Area in such matters as serious personal injury, wrongful death, and elder abuse matters. The following is a short description of some of the cases we have recently handled:

Bicycle Accidents

Numerous personal injury cases in which the client was seriously injured while riding his bicycle.

A personal injury case resulting from an accident where a driver struck two people on bicycles; one victim died and the other was seriously injured.

A personal injury case in which the client was seriously injured when he was struck by a commercial truck while riding his bicycle.

Auto Accidents

A personal injury case in which the client was seriously injured when run off Highway 17 by another driver.

A personal injury case resulting from a two-vehicle accident that left the client with serious permanent injuries.

Motorcycle Accidents

A personal injury case in which the client was seriously injured when struck by a vehicle as he was riding his motorcycle.

Pedestrian Accidents

A personal injury action in which a pedestrian was seriously injured when struck by a vehicle as he crossed the street.

A personal injury case in which the client was seriously injured when struck by a vehicle while taking her usual morning walk.

Wrongful Death

A wrongful death case in which our client was in utero when her father was killed by a commercial truck driver in an automobile accident.

A wrongful death case in which we represented the children whose father was electrocuted at a naval shipyard.

A wrongful death case in which the clients recovered after their father was run over by a vehicle.

A wrongful death case in which the families of two bicyclists recovered after they were run over by a police officer who fell asleep.

A wrongful death case where we represented the family of a motorcyclist who was run over while on his way to work.

Toxic Torts

A mass tort case where we represented nearly 200 employees of the Salinas County courthouse who had suffered serious effects and respiratory problems due to asbestos exposure.

Elder Abuse

Elder abuse case where victim’s leg was broken and then not treated properly resulting in gangrene and an amputation.

An elder abuse case in which the elder victim was abused by a fellow resident of a skilled nursing facility resulting in a broken hip, gangrene, a leg amputation, and death.

A dependent abuse case in which the victim was not properly cared for by the hospital staff and as a result suffered from a pressure ulcer that took almost one year to heal.

An elder abuse and medical malpractice case in which the victim developed a huge pressure ulcer from lack of custodial care at a hospital.

Financial elder abuse case in which the defendant fraudulently convinced the elderly victim to sell his home and annuities to qualify for Medi-Cal.

A dependant adult case in which the victim was a disabled resident who suffered a serious and permanent hand injury because he did not receive proper medical care while residing at a residential care facility.

An elder abuse and wrongful death case in which the clients’ mother fell from a two-story window while residing at a residential care facility.

Other Personal Injury Cases

A personal injury case in which the client contracted herpes from her husband as a result of his extramarital affair.

A personal injury case in which the client was molested by a priest when he was a teenager.